Mennen, Teresa 1918-1996

MENNEN, HARMS, JOHLFS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/25/2008 at 13:31:10

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Mrs. Gordon (Teresa) Mennen, 78, of LeMars
CAUSE OF DEATH:
DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, July 23, 1996
PLACE OF DEATH: Oak Park Care Center, Sheldon, Iowa
DATE OF BIRTH: Jan. 3, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brunsville, Iowa
PARENTS: Henry Jacob and Katherine Marie (Johlfs) Harms
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Gordon L. Mennen, March 6, 1943, at Thorndike Hilton Chapel at the University of Chicago.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: ..graduated from the University of Iowa in 1939 with a business degree. She then worked for Equitable of Iowa in Des Moines. She worked during World War II in Seattle and in 1947, the coupled established a residence in LeMars. She performed volunteer work in the community and for Iowa Public Television. In later years, she was involved with the Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camp.
SURVIVORS: …include her husband; three sons, Christopher of Sheldon, James of New York City, and Gary of LeMars; two daughters and their husbands, Diane and Dr. John Maresh of Long Lake, Minn., and Mary Sue and Dr. Stephen Moore of Monument, Colo.; six grandchildren; a brother, Harold and his wife, Deloris Harms of Brunsville; a sister, Harriette Nedell of Denver, Colo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
PRECEDED in DEATH by:
PLACE OF BURIAL: Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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